Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! - Page 20

Billy Nees · 08-14-2011, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Robert Swartz

Billy,

Hinges on how little we can get the car for. Have to chuckle a little here, just never thought of a 4 door Lincoln as a "race car"! If we do this, correct me if my initial thinking is wrong. I figure the minimum I need to run the car, headers, I haven't researched this at all. Does anyone make headers for a Lincoln? Get a posi unit, if the car doesn't have one, or a mini-spool. A gear set, this has an 8.8, as suggested by Almack, a 4:88 or deeper gear, suggestions for a 4000 lb car? As mentioned, I have a set of wheels. Anyone in the Indiana-Kentucky-Ohio area got any old used fronts or slicks with some life left in them that you don't want to retire off of, LOL!That'd be enough for me to take it to the track.

OK, let's start from the top. Somewhere in this thread I thought that it was said that you can get the car for "next to nothing". Even scrap it has to be worth $400 or $500 bucks. Where can you get a car that runs (I'm Assuming that it runs) for less than that? My biggest concern would be getting the stock ECU to do what I need it to do. I'm pretty sure that it controls not only the engine but the AOD trans too. 8.8 stuff is all over the place if you look, that's not a problem. To start, just find some shorty Mustang headers and make them fit then put some kind of down pipe on them, it doesn't have to start out pretty. Make sure that the engine is sound and the car is safe and just take it out. Again, my biggest concerns are the ECU and the AOD.

7423 · 08-14-2011, 12:15 PM

The ECU and the AODE will be just fine with a Tweecer. This is an adjustable chip of sorts that plugs into the factory ECU and changes the factory tune up. Does everything a FAST or other after EFI control would do plus change your WOT shift points. I have run one in my car since the beginning. I had a few issues with it but they (slowly) made the repairs and treated my fairly. Adding fuel to create a 13.0 AFR and firming up the shifts points (I ran the AODE in drive) equaled a .70 et improvement. All this on a 130,000 mile 5.0 that I never had the heads off of.

Ed Fernandez · 08-14-2011, 01:55 PM

Do you think dragging around 2 tons,especially after spending a bunch on custom headers for this tank would qualify for a "dime rocket"?

danny waters sr · 08-14-2011, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Do you think dragging around 2 tons,especially after spending a bunch on custom headers for this tank would qualify for a "dime rocket"?

That would be a "quarter rocket"....lol

Tod Lane · 08-15-2011, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees

OK, let's start from the top. Somewhere in this thread I thought that it was said that you can get the car for "next to nothing". Even scrap it has to be worth $400 or $500 bucks. Where can you get a car that runs (I'm Assuming that it runs) for less than that? My biggest concern would be getting the stock ECU to do what I need it to do. I'm pretty sure that it controls not only the engine but the AOD trans too. 8.8 stuff is all over the place if you look, that's not a problem. To start, just find some shorty Mustang headers and make them fit then put some kind of down pipe on them, it doesn't have to start out pretty. Make sure that the engine is sound and the car is safe and just take it out. Again, my biggest concerns are the ECU and the AOD.

Actually the car is moms, I can get it cheap. Dad doesn't want her endangering the world anymore with her driving...

It starts runs and moves just fine.

Ron Middleton · 10-21-2011, 04:12 PM

Does this car qualify:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Aspen...item4cfae19a92

Mark Yacavone · 10-21-2011, 06:02 PM

Small valve 318, P/Stock stick!
As The Stray Cats said " Rev it up and go"

Phillip marvetz · 10-21-2011, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron Middleton

Does this car qualify:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Aspen...item4cfae19a92

Yes, But I can get one that's a lot nicer for less $$$.

dennis dunlap · 10-21-2011, 10:15 PM

Alex ,Now why are you starting out whacking on the Cadiliac combo from the git-go , Build you one of those Lincolon Continintal set-ups they are every bit as soft from the start,,,,,,,,, Dunlap -Murphy SS-GTMA yey it,s a OLDSMO_LAC,,,,,,

Joe Toller · 06-15-2012, 02:03 AM

Love it!!!

How about a 78 T-Bird, 400? There is alot of potential lurking in a 400, cleveland-type heads, C6 and a 9", a ton of torque, and easy as heck to find?

I'm being pointed towards a 460-powered 74 Torino, but the 'Bird popped out at me.

08-14-2011, 12:15 PM	#192
7423 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 639 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! The ECU and the AODE will be just fine with a Tweecer. This is an adjustable chip of sorts that plugs into the factory ECU and changes the factory tune up. Does everything a FAST or other after EFI control would do plus change your WOT shift points. I have run one in my car since the beginning. I had a few issues with it but they (slowly) made the repairs and treated my fairly. Adding fuel to create a 13.0 AFR and firming up the shifts points (I ran the AODE in drive) equaled a .70 et improvement. All this on a 130,000 mile 5.0 that I never had the heads off of.

08-14-2011, 01:55 PM	#193
Ed Fernandez Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: NOO JOISEY nexta NOO YAWK Posts: 5,879 Likes: 38 Liked 100 Times in 45 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Do you think dragging around 2 tons,especially after spending a bunch on custom headers for this tank would qualify for a "dime rocket"? __________________ Former NHRA #1945 Former IHRA #1945 T/SA

10-21-2011, 04:12 PM	#196
Ron Middleton Member Join Date: Jan 1970 Location: Jackson, Ms. Posts: 350 Likes: 183 Liked 12 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Does this car qualify: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Aspen...item4cfae19a92 __________________ #4892 J/SA. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” - Aristotle

10-21-2011, 06:02 PM	#197
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,795 Likes: 2,888 Liked 5,088 Times in 1,938 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Small valve 318, P/Stock stick! As The Stray Cats said " Rev it up and go" __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

10-21-2011, 10:15 PM	#199
dennis dunlap Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 221 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Alex ,Now why are you starting out whacking on the Cadiliac combo from the git-go , Build you one of those Lincolon Continintal set-ups they are every bit as soft from the start,,,,,,,,, Dunlap -Murphy SS-GTMA yey it,s a OLDSMO_LAC,,,,,,

06-15-2012, 02:03 AM	#200
Joe Toller Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Lewistown, Montana Posts: 550 Likes: 78 Liked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! Love it!!! How about a 78 T-Bird, 400? There is alot of potential lurking in a 400, cleveland-type heads, C6 and a 9", a ton of torque, and easy as heck to find? I'm being pointed towards a 460-powered 74 Torino, but the 'Bird popped out at me.